This Could
Be Your Last
Five Minutes
ALIVE
It has been estimated that three people around the
world will die every second.* This means that by the
time you finish reading this tract, over nine hundred
people will have died. For the next five minutes, I
want you to imagine what it would be like if these
were your last moments alive. After all, someone in
your city will likely die in the next few minutes. It
could be you. Why not?
When you die, someone will place a sheet or a
blanket over your head. An ambulance may take you
to the hospital for an autopsy. The undertaker will be
called, and arrangements will be made to place you
in a grave. People will come to the funeral and shed
tears over your lifeless body. They will look at your
cold, blank face and mourn, but you will be gone.
They will slowly drive to a cemetery with your body
in a casket. At the cemetery, they will carry your
casket to a hole in the ground and lower it down.
People will cry. The men will cover your casket with
dirt and a tombstone. Your name, the date of your
birth, and today's date will be on the stone. The
people will leave, recover, and perhaps someday,
forget that your body is there.
Your five minutes are almost gone, so I must get to
the point. When your time is up and you have died,
where are you going? We have already decided
where your body is going, but what about your soul?
Will you be in heaven or hell? Oh, yes, you will be in
one place or the other. So in these remaining
minutes, I will tell you what to do to get to the place
of your choice.
*Population Institute of the United Nations
If your choice is Hell, do nothing! You have already
done enough! "For the wages of sin is death;..."
(Romans 6:23a) "The wicked shall be turned into
hell..." (Psalm 9:17)
If however, you choose to go to heaven, you must
do several things. First, you must believe you are a
sinner. "For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)
Secondly, you must believe you deserve to go to
hell. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned:" (Romans 5:12)
The third thing that you must do is to repent of your
sins. "... As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no
pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the
wicked turn from his way and live..." (Ezekiel 33:11)
You must also believe Jesus died to pay for your
sins. "But God commendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
(Romans 5:8)
Finally, you need to trust Jesus to be your Saviour.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)
Your time is short in this world. The decision is your
own personal responsibility. "And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"
(Hebrews 9:27) I will tell you what you must do to go
to heaven. You must acknowledge your sins, repent,
and admit that you are a sinner in need of
forgiveness. Confess to God that you know Jesus
died for you on the cross, was buried and
resurrected, and now sits at the right hand of God
the Father. Ask Him to help you turn from your
unbelief and to come into your heart and save you
for Jesus' sake. "That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved." (Romans 10:9)
Did you receive Him as your Saviour? If you did,
and your life ended right now, you would be in
heaven for the rest of eternity.
If you have decided to trust Jesus Christ as your Saviour
after reading this tract, please write and let us know.
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